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Jose Mourinho slapped down Steven Gerrard for claiming he had fallen out with John Terry amid “friction” behind the scenes at Chelsea.

As the Special One celebrated only his second win of the season, former England captain Gerrard – now a TV pundit – claimed there was trouble in the champions' dressing room.

But Mourinho angrily dismissed Gerrard's claims as bogus, snapping: “Steven is wrong. I like him very much and I have a good relationship with him – sometimes we contact each other by SMS messages – but he is wrong because we have no problems at all.”

And Gerrard, speaking on BT Sport, said: “There's certainly a bit of friction behind the scenes because for me, you play John Terry week in, week out, he's your captain.

“He's such an important figure in the dressing room and if Chelsea want to be successful this season, they need him in there.

“Something's clearly happening behind the scenes that we're not clued up on. Chelsea were champions three months ago, Eden Hazard was player of the year and Cesc Fabregas was on fire. You can't have that many problems in an XI so quickly.”

Benched: Terry was only a substitute for the Champions League tie (Photo: Reuters)